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June 26, 2006
Sleeping Pills
I don't just want to like Calvin Brock; I want to love him, and cheer for him, and watch him bring a unified heavyweight belt home to North Carolina. In interviews, he's the nicest, most interesting fellow, and if you watch a Brock highlight reel, you'll see some knockout punches that'll make a believer out of you. But I happened to be in a Wilmington hotel with HBO on Saturday night, so I saw the much-touted Brock-Ibragimov fight. That was the most boring fight I've ever seen. I fell asleep during the tenth round, and only woke up to hear the decision. If Brock's going to revitalize the heavyweight division, he'll have to force the issue in fights like this one, not settle for a win on points. But I hate to criticize the man; he's so damned likeable. How, after all, can you not love a boxer whose chosen nickname is "the Boxing Banker"?
Posted by jd at June 26, 2006 08:22 AM